20 Tips to Improve Employee Engagement and Performance

High levels of employee engagement in an organization are linked to superior business performance, including increased profitability, productivity, employee retention, customer metrics and safety levels.


That’s way we all want employees to be engaged at work, right? But how can we actually get there?

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Here are 20 tips:

#1 – Communicate clear goals and expectations to your employees

The majority of employees want to be a part of a compelling future, want to know what is most important at work and what excellence looks like. For targets to be meaningful and effective in motivating employees, they must be tied to larger organizational ambitions.

#2 – Share information and numbers

Let them in on what is going on within the company as well as how their jobs contribute to the big picture. When you keep you employees informed they tend to feel a greater sense of worth. Keep communication hopeful and truthful – do not be afraid to share bad news, instead be more strategic about how you deliver it. Improve performance through transparency – By sharing numbers with employees, you can increase employees’ sense of ownership.

#3 – Encourage open communication

You can get insight into what things are important to the employee by using surveys, suggestion boxes and team meetings. Be open-minded and encourage them to express their ideas and perspectives without criticism. This means putting into practice everything you have learned about effective listening. Address their concerns in the best way you can.

#4 – Not communicating or communicating late can damage engagement

Hearing about an important update from media, colleagues or family and friends can have a negative impact on employee engagement. Ensure employees hear these messages from the business as soon as possible.

#5 – Actively promote organizational effectiveness, reputation, values and ethics

Actively promote organizational effectiveness, reputation, values and ethics – Employees want to feel good about their leaders, where they work, the products they sell and the reputation of their company.

#6 – Culture

Encourage employees to find a personal fit with the company culture.

#7 – Let staff tell their own stories

Encourage them to tell their own stories about what they are doing to support company strategies or embody organizational values.

#8 – Trust

Employees need to trust each other as well as their leadership. Employees are constantly watching leadership to see how their decisions affect the strategic direction of the organization and if their behaviors reflect what they say.

#9 – Build engagement

Show that you’re genuinely concerned about employees’ opinions and use social media as a communications tool to build engagement.

#10 – Encourage innovation

Engaged employees are innovative. They’re always looking for a better way.

#11 – Create a strong team environment

Strong employee engagement is dependent on how well employees get along, interact with each other and participate in a team environment.

#12 – Sense of belonging

Non-work activities that foster relationships increase employee engagement.

#13 – Provide constant feedback on the positives

When people know what they’re doing well, they’ll keep doing it – or, even better, do more of it. Providing someone with a little recognition on what they’re doing well can go a long way toward boosting morale. This is not to say “ignore the weaknesses” – just don’t make the weaknesses the only focus area of feedback. This doesn’t mean you should not create accountability, it actually means the opposite – but, if all you do is criticize, people will learn how to hide their mistakes or shift blame.

#14 – Give immediate feedback

Feedback is two way communication. It is the opportunity to share opinions and find solutions. Too many managers think should be the province of the annual personnel revue. It’s not. It should be a daily occurrence.

#15 – Show how feedback is being used

Demonstrate to staff how their feedback is being used.

#16 – Support employees in their work and growth

How many of you have responded to a subordinate’s idea as brilliant or even good. Success begets success. You can support employee growth by providing education and learning opportunities, cross training, coaching, and any other interactions that support employees’ personal development.

#17 – Collaborate and share on problem-solving

When employees get the idea that their manager or leader is the one who has to solve all the problems, it takes away from their sense of empowerment, and ultimately is likely to decrease engagement over time. Encourage team members to take responsibility, and work through problems or issues on their own, or collaboratively. It’s not the manager’s job to fix everyone else’s problems.

#18 – Delegation

Delegation is good for you because it expands your managerial span of control. It’s good for your employees because it is a growth opportunity for them. It demonstrates your trust in them to do the job correctly and increases their ownership of the task.

#19 – Incentives

Incentives that are matched to accountability and results. Managers who want their employees to be engaged recognize that incentives must be allocated based on objective criteria and that different employees are motivated by different things.

#20 – Celebrate both financial and non financial achievements

Employees need to feel validated and that they are a valued part of the organization. Leadership needs to show how much they care for their employees and show recognition for efforts: “If you want something to grow, pour champagne on it“.

20 Tips on Motivating Students

Few teachers would deny that motivated students are easier to teach, or that students who are interested in learning do, in fact, learn more. So how do teachers motivate their students? Here are some practiced, tried-and true strategies to get (and keep) your students interested in learning.

1. Know your students' names and use their names as often as possible.
2. Plan for every class; never try to wing it.
3. Pay attention to the strengths and limitations of each of your students. Reward their strengths and strengthen their weaknesses.
4. If possible, set your room in a U-shape to encourage interaction among students.
5. Vary your instructional strategies; use lectures, demonstrations, discussions, case studies, groups, and more.
6. Review the learning objectives with your students. Be sure students know what they are expected to learn, do, know, etc.
7. Move around the room as you teach.
8. Make your classes relevant. Be sure students see how the content relates to them and the world around them.
9. Be expressive. Smile.
10. Put some excitement into your speech; vary your pitch, volume and rate.
11. Give lots of examples.
12. Encourage students to share their ideas and comments, even if they are incorrect. You'll never know what students don't understand unless you ask them.
13. Maintain eye contact and move toward your students as you interact with them. Nod your head to show that you are listening to them.
14. Provide opportunities for students to speak to the class.
15. Be available before class starts, during break, and after class to visit with students.
16. Return assignments and tests to students as soon as reasonably possible. Provide constructive feedback.
17. Be consistent in your treatment of students.
18. Make sure that your exams are current, valid, and reliable. Tie your assessment to your course objectives.
19. Plan around 15-20 minute cycles. Students have difficulty maintaining attention after a longer period of time.
20. Involve your students in your teaching. Ask for feedback.

40 Helpful Motivational Quotes

When fall in deep trouble just read this Quotes.
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Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. “Peter Marshall”

Never, never, never give up. “Winston Churchill”

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into. “ Mahatma Gandhi”

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose. “Margaret Thatcher”

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. “Martin Luther King, Jr.”

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse. “Florence Nightingale”

The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare. “Bobby

Knight”

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it. “Mother Teresa”

 I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want. “Muhammad Ali”

If you can dream it, you can do it. “Walt Disney”

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. “Helen Keller”

Quality is not an act, it is a habit. “Aristotle”

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. “Dalai Lama”

Do you want to know who you are?  Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. “Thomas Jefferson”

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. “Nelson Mandela”

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. “George Herbert”

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. “Norman Ralph Augustine”

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are. “Malala Yousafzai”

You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win. “Ted Turner”

When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder. “Natalie Gulbis”

If you've got a talent, protect it. “Jim Carrey”

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun. “A. P. J. Abdul Kalam”

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work. “H. L. Hunt”

I want to be motivational and inspirational for everybody: my big aim is more women on bicycles. “Marianne Vos”

The only source of knowledge is experience. “Albert Einstein”

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. “William Shakespeare”

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy. “Dalai Lama”

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. “Albert Einstein”

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. “Stephen Hawking”

Action is the foundational key to all success. “Pablo Picasso”

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. “Steve Jobs”

You have to dream before your dreams can come true. “ A. P. J. Abdul Kalam”

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. “Abraham Lincoln”

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs. “ Karl Marx”

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear. “Barack Obama”

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. “Isaac Newton”

Courage is knowing what not to fear. “Plato”

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. “Rabindranath Tagore”

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. “Warren Buffett”